Table with drawer and guide



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501. o/vm/v 6/6AL 1! TTOR NE Y5 United States Patent O TABLE WITH DRAWER AND GUIDE Solomon Sigal, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application December 4, 1951, Serial No. 259,775

1 Claim. (Cl. 312-246) This invention relates to table construction and more particularly to a device for the attachment of a drawer to the bottom surface of a table top having an integrally formed downwardly directed apron.

In molding a table top from plastic material or even in die stamping from metal, the attachment of a drawer necessitates cutting the apron. The apron is frequently formed from ribbed material which when cut distorts the configuration thereof.

It is an object of the instant invention to provlde a device suitable for attaching a drawer to a table without cutting the apron.

Another object is to increase the utility of many tables now marketed without drawers.

Other objects of the instant invention will become apparent in the course of the following specification.

In the accomplishment of these objectives, a slideway for the drawer is attached to the bottom surface of the table top adjacent the inner surface of the apron. The slideway is constituted of two supports held in spaced parallel arrangement against the bottom surface of the table top. In each support are two spaced longitudinal slots so designed that the drawer will move both vertically and horizontally in back of the apron to a position substantially against the bottom surface of the table top in the closed position and horizontally under and forwardly of the apron in the open position. Provision is made for adapting the slideway to tables having aprons of varying height and for attachment in a manner to lock the legs in position.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings showing by way of example a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a table with a portion removed to show the slideway for a removed drawer and constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary top plantview of the table and slideway shown in Figure 1 with a portion of the table top broken away to show a partially opened drawer in the slideway;

Figure 3 is a view along 3--3 of Figure 2 with the drawer in the partially opened position; and

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but with the drawer in the closed position.

Referring now in greater detail to the drawings where like reference numerals indicate like parts, reference numeral indicates the table, 11 the drawer, and 12 the slideway for the drawer.

The table 10 is constituted of a top 13 and an apron 14 which may be integrally formed therewith and downwardly directed around the periphery thereof. Both the top and apron may be molded from a plastic ma terial or stamped from metal or the like.

The leg members 15, 16, 17, and 18 are of known type and may be two tubular members attached together by any known means intermediate the ends as illustrated in Figure 1. At the top, the tubular members are turned atan angle to each other to form a horizontal support for the table top at the corners. Adjacent the ends of the turned portions an opening is made for the insertion of a pin 19 one end of which is anchored in the table top or in an inverted U-shaped bracket 20 which may in turn be attached to the bottom surface of the table top to prevent any lateral movement of 7 operation of the drawer, provision has been made in the later described drawer slideway 12 to permit removing and locking the legs in position without interference with the operation of the drawer.

The drawer 11 is substantially of known type with the usual spaced parallel side and front and back and bottom members. However, the drawer 11 differs from the known drawer by having attached in any desired manner on the outer surface of each side member adjacent the back member a plate 21 most clearly seen in Figures 3 and 4. Each plate protrudes above the top of the drawer. At the top of the protrudingportion of each plate adjacent the inner end is an outwardly directed pin 22 and above and forwardly thereof another outwardly directed pin 23. If desired, the dralwe rl 11 may have at the front the handle member or pul 2 The drawer slideway 12 is constituted of the supports 25 and 26 in spaced parallel arrangement. The top of each support at the back is attached to the bottom surface of the table top by the like L-shaped brackets 27. Any known means may be used for attaching the top of each bracket to the table top. The top of each support at the front is cut back along the lines 28 and 29 for the support of one of the bifurcated ends of the table legs. Adjacent each line 28 is an adjustable L- shaped bracket 30 and the top of which is secured to the bottom surface of the table top in a known manner. In each bracket 30 is a longitudinal slot 31 through which a pin 32 is slidable, one end of the pin being anchored in the support. A wing nut threaded on the end of the pin protruding through the slot and tightened against the bracket will maintain the support downwardly inclined at any desired angle within the limits of construction. A tie rod 36 may be used to unite the supports. Such construction permits tilting the outer ends of the supports downwardly for assembling the slideway in a table where the height of the apron is too great relative to the height of the supports to permit sliding the drawer under the apron. Of course, substantially the same result can be obtained by using an adjustable bracket 30 at both ends of the support or even a single bracket adjustable at both ends.

In each support are the longitudinally formed and spaced upper slot 34 and lower slot 35. As illustrated, the slots adjacent the inner end extremities turn downwardly and forwardly, the slot 34 being at a higher elevation than the slot 35. Adjacent the outer or front ends of the supports, the slots are substantially in spaced horizontal arrangement as illustrated with the upper slot protruding forwardly of the lower slot. At the back, the lower slot protrudes rearwardly of the upper slot as illustrated.

The previously mentioned pin 23 in the plate 21 is slidably inserted in the upper slot 34 and the pin 22 similarly inserted in the lower slot 35.

In operation:

Any table having an unbroken apron can be equipped with the drawer 11 without cutting the apron by the simple expedient of attaching the brackets 31 and 32 to the bottom surface of the table top for the attachment of the inner ends of the supports 25 and 26 in planes substantially perpendicular to the plane of the apron, the end extremities adjacent the inner surface of the apron being adjustably held by the brackets 30. The cut away portions of the supports permit fitting under and supporting the attached ends of the table legs. Supports of insufiicient height relative to the apron can be adapted to the table by loosening the wing nuts 33 and inclining the slideway downwardly. With the drawer held by the pins 22 in the lower slots 35 and the pins 23 in the upper slots 34, the design of the slots imparts both horizontal and vertical movement to the drawer in back of the apron and horizontal movement under and forwardly thereof. The tapered outer ends of the supports (Figures 3 and 4) conceal the slideway and the drawer is likewise concealed when in the closed position. While the drawer has been illustrated as attached to the side of the table in Figure 1, it may be attached in any position, for example in either-end where the top is of the expandable leaf} type.

While there isabove'd-isclosed but one.embodiment of the device of the invention herein presented,-it is possible to produce stillother embodiments without for attaching a drawer to the bottom surface of the top-=member, said device having a slidewayfor the drawer,- saidslideway comprising two-spaced parallel drawer SUPPOI'tSyIHCHHS mounting the inner ends of said drawer supports at the bottom surface of the top member with the outer ends of said drawer supports ad acent and in planes substantiallyi perpend-icular to the plane of the apron,-the outer end of each drawer support at the top being cut away and substantially supporting'one of the bifurcated members of each leg, means for securing the outer ends of said supports to the bottom surface of the top member, and spaced and independent dual slide means intermediate the drawer and said supports imparting movement to the drawer in a substantially horizontal plane under and forwardly of the apron and rearwardly'and upwardly and thence rearwardly. in back of the apron.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,649,212 Borchard; Nov. 15, 1927 2,022,318 Lanum Nov. 26, 1935 2,029,433 Mitchell Feb. 4, 1936 2,240,551 Cooper May 6, 1941 2,309,888 Edelmann;.- Feb. 2, 1943 2,456,835' Nash Dec. 21, 1948 2.5653451 Frederick Aug, 28, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS:

Number Country Date 718,965: Germany Mar. 25, 1942 

